36.  DISAGREEMENT
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36. DISAGREEMENT
(a) No amendment made by the Senate to a House bill shall be concurred in by the House except by a vote of a majority of members elected, taken by ayes and noes and the names of those voting for and against entered in the journal.

(b) In case of a disagreement between the House and the Senate, the House may either adhere to its position, recede from its position and concur with the position of the Senate, or request a conference on the matter at issue.

(c) The House may recede from any matter of difference existing between it and the Senate at any time prior to consideration of a conference committee report by either the House or the Senate, or after rejection of the conference committee report by the Senate, not later than the next day of actual session following the rejection of the report.

(d) In the event the House shall vote to request a conference, the Speaker shall appoint a committee of three members to represent the House. No vote on concurring in any amendment made by the Senate to a House bill or on the adoption of a report of a conference committee shall be taken until such amendment or report has been placed on the desk of each member, and particularly referred to in the calendar, but this rule may be suspended after the one hundred tenth day of a regular session or during a special session. In addition:

(1) No vote on concurring in any amendment made by the Senate to a House bill shall be taken unless notice of such action shall have been referred to in a calendar that has been printed and distributed at least twenty-four hours before such vote.

(2) The provisions of subsection (d)(1) of this section are suspended after the one hundred tenth day of a regular session and during a special session.

(3) The provisions of subsection (d)(1) of this section are suspended upon the nondebatable announcement of the majority leader that the vote on concurring in any amendment made to a House bill by the Senate should occur in less than twenty-four hours because of an emergency, an impending deadline, or the need to comply with any state or federal requirement, or in order to address a stated public policy issue.